An event to launch the findings of The View from Here, a project designed to understand the working lives, attitudes and experiences of the social services workforce in Scotland, was launched on 28 October 2015, at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow.
The project comprised both quantitative and qualitative research - a workforce survey, which was conducted in partnership with The Guardian; and creative, qualitative research with 74 practitioners to gain a greater understanding of their day-to-day experiences of supporting people. The qualitative research was a partnership of Scottish Care, Coalition of Care Providers (CCPS) and the University of Strathclyde. Together, this evidence gives us a more robust picture, which adds to the existing evidence base provided by other organisations, such as Social Work Scotland, Coalition of Care Providers (CCPS), Scottish Care and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
Both the workforce survey data and the qualitative analysis, including reports, diary stories and illustrations, have been published on the project website.
Visit The View from Here website.
